This is probably not the most intelligent of questions, but how well do you plan your fics? Like, in how much detail? Because I'm wondering if not planning much is the reason I gets stuck on so many WIPs? I usually have a general idea of the direction, and a few random images I want to capture, but no idea how to fill the scenes in between ( Read more... )

To not clog up the introduction post too much (lol, who cares), whine in here. Feel free to open your own post for longer whines, but this one is open, too :)

Spam this when you have a "I LOVE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN SO MUCH, THERE ARE LITTLE ANGELS FLYING OUT OF MY EARS etc. etc.", "SUCCESS!!!" moment.

What inspires you? What gets you out of a writer's rut? What helps defeat the trolls, what gets the muse to take a break from her permanent holidays?

This is post to share strategies to get out of the hole of whines :D

"I'm X and I..."

If you don't want to stay anonymous (all the time, at least), you can introduce yourself, your muse and your troll critic here. :)

This is the post for everyone who doesn't dare confess their insecurities under their own name.

Please note that the Strictly No Wank policy extends ESPECIALLY to this post. We see you hatin', you rollin'.

1. So what is this community, exactly?It basically does what it says on the tin: We're the place where you go when your flist is starting to roll their eyes because you keep whining how your muse is on a permanent holiday, and the place where you go when you secretly think your writing is The Worst Crap On Earth, but don't dare annoy anyone by ( Read more... )

Hello fellow fic writers.
You have stumbled into the safe haven of whiny_writers.

Here you can write open letters to your muse, beg for betas or prompts, air your insecurities or just come in to help other writers who are in despair.

We, that is drbillbongo and yours truly, liberta, are two experienced whiners when it comes to the writing of saucy or not-so-saucy slash fic, ( Read more... )